Author: thurlowparklabour

Thurlow Park's Labour councillors sharing news and ways to get involved in the local area - including West Norwood, Herne Hill, Tulse Hill and West Dulwich.

Following up previous conversations we have recently been talking with local residents once more about the future of the Rosendale Playing Fields. We are committed to making sure the space is improved, well maintained and available to all the community to use, as they are an asset for our local neighbourhood.

The community, led by Rosendale School, have been very proactive in putting forward sugestions regarding the management of the park and an investment plan to bring it up to scratch. 

We’ve met with the Cabinet Member responsible for parks, Cllr Edbrooke, and the Deputy Leader of the Council, Cllr McGlone, to discuss how to speed up these suggestions. We were pleased that they are as committed as we are to ensuring this asset remains a public space for all of the community to enjoy.

Bus Diversion – burst water main

As you maybe aware there will be a number of northbound bus diversion routeing for the next 5 days arising because of the closure of Knights Hill. This is due to a burst water main near Wolfington Rd-Knights Hill. All the affected bus stops have publicity posted advising passengers of the diversion and nearest available bus stops.

Routes 2, 432,and N2 – towards Tulse Hill – from Ernest Avenue at Knights Hill, left Knights Hill , right Crown Lane, right Leigham Court Road, right Streatham Hill, right Christchurch Road , left Hardel Rise to line of route.

Routes 68 and 690 – towards Herne Hill – from Ernest Avenue at Knights Hill, left Knights Hill , right Crown Lane, right Leigham Court Road, right Streatham Hill, right Christchurch Road, left Hardel Rise, right Tulse Hill, left Norwood Road to line of route.

Routes 196, 468 and N68 – towards Herne Hill – from Beulah Hill. left Crown Lane , right Leigham Court Road, right Streatham Hill, right Christchurch Road , left Hardel Rise, right Tulse Hill, left Norwood Road to line of route.

Route 315 – towards West Norwood – from York Hill at Norwood Road , left Norwood Road , left Christchurch Road , right Hardel Rise to stand.

Route 315 -towards Balham – from temporary stand on Hardel Rise , right Tulse Hill, right Norwood Road , right York Hill to line of route.

Norwood Road Improvements

This coming Sunday 19 April there will be a Teddy Bear Picnic for families so that local families can talk about how residents use and travel along Norwood Road. This is all part of ongoing community engagement regarding the discussions around possible improvements to Norwood Road and the Tulsemere Hill gyratory. 

The event will be held between 2 – 4pm this coming Sunday and held at the Old Library 14-16 Knights Hill, SE27 0HY so bring your packed lunch and Teddy! 

Max & Anna talked to residents on the Peabody estate about the Community Shop over the weekend. A great resource for residents in Norwood!

The Community Shop is a form of social supermarket but goes considerably further than the European model. Community Shop has developed the idea so that personal development support is offered alongside high-quality low-cost food, and there are significant environmental benefits. The revenue from the food we sell enables that extra support to be delivered by our team.

The Lambeth store will be open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday, for members only. It will sell a range of products from its suppliers, just as one would find in any other supermarket, except for alcohol and tobacco.

Check it out! – http://community-shop.co.uk/news/giving-surplus-food-social-purpose.aspx

Norwood Road/Tulse Hill Gyratory TFL Project

Last summer, we helped to secure £5million to improve the Tulse Hill gyratory over the next five years as part of the Mayor of London’s gyratory improvement programme, and a further £2million to improve Norwood Road.

We have been working with Lambeth officers and Transport for London to make sure the community takes the steering wheel for this – we hope that you and your neighbours will be part of the project. Even if you’ve not been involved in something like this before, there are lots of opportunities to contribute, lead and get training whatever your experience.

We’re kicking things off this Tuesday with a Supper Club at the James Wilson Coffee Shop in Tulse Hill, hosted by the Norwood and Tulse Hill Forums – please join us, and bring a dish if you can. There will be plenty of opportunity to discuss the project and how you can get involved, or just enjoy the food and meet your neighbours.

Our calendar

Take a look at what we get up to here https://thurlowparklabour.org/Calendar

So that you know when we are visiting your street, estate or residents’ association, we have decided to make our calendars public. We want to be as open as possible so that you can be confident we are spending our time on the right issues and being active in our community every week.

Of course, we all work full time and have other commitments, so blank space in our calendar doesn’t necessarily mean we are free! If you would like to organise a meeting, please just email one of us and we will be happy to find a mutually convenient time – abirley@lambeth.gov.uk, mdeckersdowber@lambeth.gov.uk or fcowell@lambeth.gov.uk

We won’t put one-to-one meetings or visits to residents to help with casework on our public calendar for privacy reasons.

Gyratory / West Norwood TfL consultation launch

The first community consultation of the major works involving Norwood Road and the Tulse Hill gyratory will be at the James Wilson coffee shop – 357 Norwood Road, on Tuesday 14th April from 6.30pm

Come along and have your input about improving Norwood Road which has been allocated £2m funding over the next two years by Transport for London. Funding for developing ideas for removing the gyratory has also been approved by Transport for London, and so we hope there will be lots of interest. 

How can this area be improved to benefit you? We have a fantastic opportunity to really influence how our local communty will look and feel, so please come along and have your say! 

General Election Hustings

On Monday 20 April at 8pm there will be a MP hustings for the Dulwich & West Norwood Constituency. 

This constituency is shared with the Borough of Southwark, and Lambeth and have been organised by St Stephen’s Church, South Dulwich – Church College Road SE21 7HN

The Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, and UKIP candidates have all been invited. 

UPDATE – 

Sunday 5th April, 12:00 at the Portico Gallery – Norwood Feast Day

Thursday 9th April, 17:00 at Ground Floor, 366 Brixton Road – Lambeth Pan-Disabilities Forum Hustings

Wednesday 15th April, 19:00 at Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, SE24 0AG – DaWN People’s Question Time – 38 Degrees Hustings

Thursday 16th April, 19:00 at St Paul’s Church, Herne Hill, SE24 9LY – Herne Hill Forum Hustings

Thursday 23rd April, 19:00 at East Dulwich Community Centre, 46-64 Darrell Road, London SE22 9NL – East Dulwich Hustings